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Trump’s USD1 Flips PYUSD ($4.9B) as Binance Airdrop Ignites Supply Shock

World Liberty Financial's stablecoin hits a $4.9B market cap, surpassing PayPal's PYUSD, driven by a $40M Binance yield campaign and a $2B sovereign settlement.

January 26, 2026 • Andrea Mazáčová • No comments

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Saylor Targets ‘Ambitious Opportunists’ as Bitcoin’s True Threat; BTC Holds $87K

MicroStrategy's chairman warns against internal protocol changes as the debate over BIP-110 and network 'ossification' intensifies.

January 26, 2026 • Kiran Maatman • No comments

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SwapNet Exploit Drains $16.8M; ZachXBT Blasts Circle’s ‘Bad Faith’ Inaction

A $16.8M drain on SwapNet exposes approval risks while ZachXBT tears into Circle for failing to freeze $3M in stolen USDC.

January 26, 2026 • Kiran Maatman • No comments

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US Gov Contractor’s Son Identified as $40M Crypto Thief

Blockchain sleuth ZachXBT links a $40M theft of seized government funds to John Daghita, son of the USMS crypto custody contractor.

January 26, 2026 • Kiran Maatman • No comments

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CZ Predicts 2026 ‘Supercycle’ as US Strategic Reserve Breaks 4-Year Trend

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao cites the U.S. Strategic Bitcoin Reserve as the catalyst that will decouple Bitcoin from its historical four-year halving cycle.

January 26, 2026 • Kiran Maatman • No comments

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Trump Tariffs Trigger $875M Liquidation; GameStop Dumps $420M BTC to Coinbase

Bitcoin slips below $87k as new European trade tariffs and a $420M GameStop treasury transfer ignite a $875M market flush.

January 25, 2026 • Kiran Maatman • No comments

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Federal Custody Breach: $90M Linked to US Seized Assets Drained by Contractor Insider

A 'band for band' wealth dispute exposes a government contractor's son allegedly draining $90M from US Marshals' seized crypto wallets.

January 25, 2026 • Andrea Mazáčová • No comments

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Circle’s USYC Dethrones BlackRock’s BUIDL; Binance Whale Wallet Holds 94% of Supply

Circle's USYC hits $1.69B AUM to top BlackRock, but 94% of the fund sits in Binance wallets as institutional collateral.

January 25, 2026 • Kiran Maatman • No comments

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Solana Pivots to ‘Finance-First’ Strategy; Active Addresses Hit 18.9M

Backpack CEO Armani Ferrante says Solana is ditching speculative narratives for hard financial infrastructure as active users spike to 18.9M.

January 25, 2026 • Andrea Mazáčová • No comments

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Ethereum Shifts to ‘Post-Quantum’ Engineering; Drake Warns of 2028 Threat Vector

The Ethereum Foundation has activated a dedicated engineering team to deploy quantum-resistant cryptography, citing a narrowing safety window closing by 2028.

January 25, 2026 • Andrea Mazáčová • No comments